Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks to reporters Tuesday on Capitol Hill about efforts by senators to resolve their feud over filibusters of White House appointees.

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Ninety-eight of the 100 members of the United State Senate met in secret in the Old Senate Chamber in the Capitol Monday night to discuss Democrats' frustrations that Republicans are blocking confirmation of the president's administrative appointments. The senators later agreed to permit a majority to vote on some of those appointments provided the Democrats don't act on their threat to put the filibuster process off-limits for those votes.

This is considered progress in the Senate, which fiercely defends the right of a single senator to hold up action by the other 99. Except that ...